Richard Joseph Daley
39th Mayor of Chicago

Party:
Democratic

Elected:

1st term:
February 22, 1955 (primary)
Defeated Benjamin Adamowski, Clarence R. Balek and Martin H. Kennelly

April 5, 1955 (general)
Defeated Robert E. Merriam (Republican)

2nd term:
February 24, 1959 (primary)
Defeated Lar Daly (America First)

April 7, 1959 (general)
Defeated Timothy P. Sheehan (Republican)

3rd term:
February 26, 1963 (primary)
Unopposed

April 2, 1963 (general)
Defeated Benjamin Adamowski (Republican)

4th term:
February 28, 1967 (primary)
Unopposed

April 4, 1967 (general)
Defeated John L. Waner (Republican)

5th term:
February 23, 1971 (primary)
Unopposed

April 6, 1971 (general)
Defeated Richard E. Friedman (Republican)

6th term:
February 25, 1975 (primary)
Edward V. Hanrahan, Richard H. Newhouse and William S. Singer

April 1, 1975 (general)
Defeated John J. Hoellen (Republican) and Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers)

Inaugurations:
1st term: April 20, 1955: Inaugural Address
2nd term: April 21, 1959: Inaugural Address  
3rd term: April 17, 1963: Inaugural Address  
4th term: April 20, 1967:  Inaugural Address  
5th term: April 21, 1971: Inaugural Address  
6th term: April 18, 1975: Inaugural Address 

Terms of office:
1st term: 1955-1959
2nd term: 1959-1963
3rd term: 1963-1967
4th term: 1967-1971
5th term: 1971-1975
6th term: 1975-1976 (died in office)

Birth:
May 15, 1902
Chicago, IL

Personal:
Earned a law degree from DePaul University
Played 2nd base for the Hamburgs
1936 – Married Eleanor “Sis” Guilloyle; together had 7 children
1936 – Elected to Illinois House
1938 – Elected to Illinois State Senate
1941 – Served as senate minority leader for 5 years
1949 – Served as Governor Adlai Stevenson’s state director of revenue
1950 – Elected Cook County Clerk
1953 – Became chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party

Death:
December 20, 1976
Chicago, IL

Gravesite:
Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Worth, IL

Sources:
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Tribune, June 8, 1975, pg. H18.
Chicago Tribune, Dec. 21, 1976, pg. 1.
Chicago Tribune, March 2, 1980, pg. K1.